tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53640195158008765122018-10-09T03:24:54.471-04:00The Art of Being Present<b>Experiencing the Divine in the Ordinary</b>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-83720507867131284002009-12-10T17:30:00.004-05:002009-12-10T21:06:18.784-05:00The Creative Impulses of the SoulAs light increases on the Earth, the creative impulses of the soul become stronger and the desire to express what is most true and most deeply held begins to feel more urgent. Being aware of these deepening motivations allows a choice to be made. One can stay with the more tightly bound habits of the past, or one can embrace the expansion and motivation to expand and be willing to risk moving into a new and unforeseen future.<br /><br />No matter which choice is made, the pressure to integrate more fully with one's own soul identity is part of the time we are in. It is not an individual phenomenon but a planetary one. Despite the changes that this is bringing and will bring to relationships everywhere, it will also allow life individually and collectively to become more truthful, more caring, and more real.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-65511020566228554202009-12-04T06:30:00.004-05:002009-12-04T14:25:51.056-05:00Interacting With Others as SoulsThe world is still greatly in need of healing, and one of the areas in which this is evident is the way in which work often dehumanizes people, casting them into narrow roles where they are compelled to separate themselves from their heart.<br /><br />The next time you are involved in a difficult conversation with someone in a role - a salesperson, customer service representative, technical support person, consider this: each is a soul, and every person, if they really could choose, would choose to live with their hearts intact and not separate themselves from what is most important. Our current view of work and of relationships in general creates this separation. It is important to try, therefore, to get past this obstacle and to wish for others what they would wish for themselves - the possibility of living and working as a whole being with a whole heart. <br /><br />In interacting with others, even when they are identified with their roles, see if you can still remain in your own heart. The practice of compassion will take you out of whatever role you are in and center you in a wider sphere of truth. <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-70656036245828239202009-11-30T15:50:00.003-05:002009-11-30T15:58:55.686-05:00The Choice for ConsciousnessThe refinement and growth of conscious awareness is part of spiritual evolution. It is what enables greater freedom to take place within the individual and within one's life. <br /><br />And yet many are reluctant to become more conscious, partly out of fear, and partly because it seems like work. The truth is that there is no other work that one takes embodiment for except to become more conscious. Despite the great variety of human experience and the variability of cultures, societies, and historical epochs, each human being, at whatever point they are at in their journey, is here to become more conscious.<br /><br />If you are afraid, then, to learn more about yourself, or think there is nothing more to learn, perhaps it is time to look more deeply at your fear in that particular area, since all of light and love are here to support you. New doors are opening within you to think, feel, and love with greater freedom. It may be time to embrace these opportunities which will bring you to your own Divine self. Blessings.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-16512561963240644162009-11-26T21:05:00.004-05:002009-11-26T21:30:44.029-05:00The Practice of RespectRespect, like many other spiritual practices, is something that can be experienced at deeper and deeper levels. Most people practice respect according to the norms of their culture and society, learning ways of speaking and acting toward elders, those in authority, friends, colleagues, etc. This is the simple encoding or conditioning of behavior through collective agreement and it is an important feature of what society teaches in order to maintain itself.<br /><br />However, respect from a spiritual perspective is deeper than this. It has to do with viewing others outside of their roles as souls and children of God. This kind of respect grows in a natural way as the connection with one's own soul-essence deepens, but along the way there are things that can be done, and ways of perceiving that can be cultivated that foster the development of respect for the soul of others.<br /><br />1. Allow your world to <span style="font-style:italic;">unify</span>. Look at everyone you meet as a soul whether they are serving you lunch in a restaurant, driving a bus, or speaking rudely to you in passing. Their soul-nature is not dependent on their outer behavior.<br /><br />2. Become aware of judgments you have concerning the behavior of another. Forgive yourself the judgment and ask for healing of all judgments. In the place of judgment, affirm the Divine soul-nature of the other silently to yourself. <br /><br />3. Understand that you cannot take something from another that does not belong to you without it diminishing or hurting you at the same time. Many still live in fear about not having what they need, and so 'taking something' rather than asking for it or <span style="font-style:italic;">waiting for it to be given</span>, whether physical or emotional, is a not uncommon practice. When fear diminishes through the incorporation of trust in the Divine, the desire to respect all of life - persons, animals, the Earth, one's own body - is a natural outgrowth. The capacity to wait for life to bring what is needed also follows.<br /><br />Namaste.Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-85634660660347630542009-11-21T10:12:00.005-05:002009-11-21T10:27:03.596-05:00Being Part of the FlowMany things are changing now within the internal landscape as well as outwardly, and as a result of these shifts, relationships are changing. These changes can be gentle and progressive or sudden and unpredictable. In either case, the important thing is to be able to trust the flow of life, to believe in the future, and to open one's hands to let go of the past.<br /><br />Letting go of the past in the presence of change requires a secure conviction that one will be alright with an unknown outcome. The sense of 'alright-ness' must therefore lie within the self, rather than be attributed to someone else or something else. This is an important shift that must take place if one is to grow emotionally and spiritually, and also if one is to ride the currents of change that are moving through life.<br /><br />In the presence of change, one can be part of the flow or resist it. The difference typically has to do with the choice between fear and trust. How much can you trust yourself, trust life, trust God in the presence of the Unknown? This is the area of growth for many, now, and the answer to this question will determine how gracefully you can move through a time of change. All blessings be with you.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-63173701485389052642009-11-18T13:13:00.003-05:002009-11-18T13:18:47.127-05:00Which Reality Do You Choose?We make the choice to be more conscious or less conscious in each moment of every day. Which reality do you choose?<br /><br />Often, the response to this question is determined by how much discomfort we are feeling and whether the need to 'get away from it' is more important than the need to become more aware of it, its quality, its source.<br /><br />Consciousness is a great gift and a great responsibility. The feeling exists within the separated state that certain things cannot be looked at too closely or faced without great danger. Within the increasingly present state of at-one-ment, consciousness becomes more possible since the sense of integration with one's larger identity allows more internal space to see what is actually there.<br /><br />May all beings be blessed with the space created by light to embrace the self on all levels. Amen. <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-78025662266372096342009-11-15T08:22:00.007-05:002015-06-07T11:01:26.798-04:00Being Present to What Is<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1sCdpedTB6U/VXRcrN2YarI/AAAAAAAAF8I/HzwrlOcW_no/s1600/bigstockphoto_Abstract_RADIANTSUN-Sun_Design_2202049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1sCdpedTB6U/VXRcrN2YarI/AAAAAAAAF8I/HzwrlOcW_no/s320/bigstockphoto_Abstract_RADIANTSUN-Sun_Design_2202049.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>There is a spiritual currency in use now concerning being in the 'Now', the present moment, without exactly knowing what that means. One of the things it is taken to mean is an acceptance of what IS. However, what IS exists in the eye of the beholder until that beholder begins to see clearly. What IS exists outside the self and inside - one not more than the other. Therefore, in order to be present NOW, one has to engage with reality on all levels. <br /><br />Acceptance can be superficial or it can be deep and filled with love and compassion. A measure of engagement with the NOW is the degree to which the heart is attuned to its natural state, without defenses and without fear. When this state is present, one is here and open to all experience. This engagement of the heart IS the present moment. It is here for all. It is All. Be willing to open your heart further and you will find it. Blessings. <br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-85105349811099548892009-11-10T17:51:00.003-05:002009-11-10T17:56:43.610-05:00ListeningListening is a beautiful thing. To hear what someone else is truly saying to you through words, and gestures, and through what is behind these is a revelation of the soul of another. <br /><br />Listening is a sacred act that allows others to become beloveds. It is a gesture of the heart and of selflessness which allows the other to be as important to you as you are to yourself. Blessings.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-7640326852158560142009-11-09T08:11:00.003-05:002009-11-09T08:21:35.296-05:00Presentness and EmotionsHow can you be present with all and wherever you are, when different reactions are evoked by different people and different circumstances? <br /><br />To be present, one must be aware, not cloudy, within a clear space, not burdened by inner preoccupations. This, however, is not an either-or condition, but rather one that is achieved in degrees and increments. It can also take place in certain situations and not in others. What is important is to note how present you are and to be aware of what holds you back. It is also important to hold the intention to be present to life<span style="font-style:italic;"> as a way of life</span>. Without this, the personal and collective emotional field of energies can sweep you away into whatever is going on in the moment. <br /><br />A question was asked concerning the stabilization of one's energy field that I spoke of in "New Ways of Relating - Part 2." Here is the response, which also relates to the issue of 'presentness'. To be unaffected by the streams of emotional energy that surround you while being able to respond to others with love is a measure of both presentness and inner stability.<br /><br /><a href="http://essentials-of-purification.lightomega.org/2009/11/stabilizing-ones-energy-field.html">Stabilizing One's Energy Field</a><br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-25363148271014503682009-11-06T16:09:00.003-05:002009-11-06T16:29:37.855-05:00New Ways of Relating - Part 2The karmic 'pull' of energy fields that resonate with each other is what causes the 'triggering' mechanism that is so familiar to people, where something that someone else does creates a reflexive response of discomfort, anger, or withdrawal within oneself. This interweaving of energy fields happens because both persons involved are in need of healing of the same issues, although the manifestation of the issue may occur quite differently in each. <br /><br />To move beyond karmic relating, it is very important to be able to stabilize your own energy field. To the extent that this becomes possible, you are no longer easily drawn into the interactive energy pattern and can operate independently according to your own positive Divine intention.<br /><br />Stabilizing of one's energy field is a function of stabilizing light within oneself and stabilizing one's relationship with the Divine. To the extent that you wish to move things to a place of healing in your relationship life, freeing yourself from karmic patterns, it is important to take responsibility for this aspect of being. The <a href="http://lightomega.org/CL/SP1-PracticeOfAlignment.html">Practice of Alignment</a> can help with this, as can other forms of attunement to the higher vibrations of light. Blessings. <br /><br /><br />See also <a href="http://art-of-being-present.lightomega.org/2009/11/new-ways-of-relating.html">New Ways of Relating</a><br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-14963133127400378682009-11-05T10:07:00.003-05:002009-11-06T16:31:02.739-05:00New Ways of RelatingThe emerging consciousness of one's own Divine nature and unity with all of life brings a new paradigm for relationships into being. It is based on the recognition of others as souls, and not merely as personalities. <br /><br />This is important, for if you hold the consciousness of others as souls, then you are more capable of overlooking difficult behavior that might otherwise hurt or wound you, realizing that that other person is doing the best they can with their own learning and healing process. If you view them as a soul, and stop identifying them with their outer self, you will be silently but effectively offering them an invitation to become more of what you are perceiving and sensing beneath the outer layer. <br /><br />This invitation to become the inner self is fostered by not reacting with rejection, anger, blame, or judgment to the outer self. <br /><br />It takes only ONE person to do this - a person who is conscious and who wants to become more so. Blessings. <br /><br /><br />See <a href="http://art-of-being-present.lightomega.org/2009/11/new-ways-of-relating-part-2.html">New Ways of Relating - Part 2</a><br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-16444227451704966962009-11-02T10:37:00.004-05:002009-11-02T10:53:14.107-05:00The Language of LoveThere are some people who do well with personal love - intimate one-to-one relationships, and there are others, especially at this time in the unfolding of our collective awareness, who do well with universal love in the abstract, but not so well with the personal. <br /><br />In reality, the two are eternally connected, both requiring the freeing of the self from whatever obstacles exist to the presence of love and its expression. Many spiritually dedicated people have a desire to enlarge their capacity to love and to love all in the oneness of <span style="font-style:italic;">what is</span>, but the heart's capacity to love begins with one - it begins with taking down the barriers of fear that exist due to inner misrepresentations of what love or intimacy is truly like. Many are afraid to take down these barriers, and here is where the largest growth can take place - in your own willingness to love more <span style="font-style:italic;">where you are</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">as you are</span>. The love for the Oneness that all of life belongs to will grow out of the heart's capacity to love well, to love freely, and to give itself in full surrender to the experience of loving, no matter whom it is with and no matter what the circumstances.<br /><br />The universal and the personal are forever intertwined, and one cannot leap over personal difficulties in order to arrive at the larger view. In the intimate details of everything lies the goal itself. Blessings.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-64858178990233976222009-10-29T22:50:00.004-04:002009-10-29T22:56:46.691-04:00The Opening of IntuitionNotice that your awareness may be moving in the direction of greater sensitivity at this time. This is light's gift to you - that you may notice more things. One area in which this frequently takes place is that of relationships. Being able to see the deeper meaning or intent of what someone else is saying or doing happens as greater clarity comes into being. It may be that you can feel the energy behind words or within the body of another. This may not be known to your conscious mind, but your intuition has a mind of its own that operates through the heart and the higher senses.<br /><br />It is a learning process to develop trust in one's intuition, but an important part of regaining your connection with the other levels of your being. Let your senses and awarenesses open, and see what comes to you. Blessings. <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-89719314152473378622009-10-26T17:32:00.003-04:002009-10-26T17:44:32.398-04:00BreathingPaying attention to one's breath is an important way of coming more fully into the present moment. Many people know this, but do not take the time to do it, often because they are too busy with other things to remember to breathe with awareness.<br /><br />Breath connects us to life-force and to our inner life. It creates a consciousness of what is going on in the body and hear, not just the mind. It opens us to inner guidance. The reasons for not paying attention to breathing at times throughout the day are simple - we are too involved with what is going on in our minds to do so.<br /><br />Becoming more fully involved in the present moment is a doorway to new experience that cannot happen while one is fully engaged with the mind. What new experience? This depends upon the flow of awareness that is uniquely the inner journey of each soul.<br /><br />The experience of the present creates a new view of life - one that does not rely on worrying, planning, and thinking, in order to feel safe. Instead, it relies on trusting, allowing, and participating in the flow of life in order to feel safe. This is an important part of the consciousness shift that is happening now and it can happen more fully for those willing to embrace the present moment with love and care, as if it mattered. Each moment matters. Each is sacred. But to perceive this one must <span style="font-style:italic;">be </span>there with one's full self. This is God's invitation to each soul - to show up at the feast of life.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-68896050732263760432009-10-17T09:42:00.002-04:002009-10-17T12:16:35.868-04:00Overcoming NumbnessTelevision often saturates the senses so that they become immune to responding emotionally and with humanity to scenes of violence or cruelty. <br /><br />News media also saturate the senses so that they become immune to hearing or seeing people committing atrocities or being harmed. <br /><br />In the face of sensory and emotional saturation with the pain of the world, it is easy to become numb, just as it is easy to become numb in the face of one's own deep pain. And yet numbness is not the best solution to this problem for it merely suppresses the pain that one feels temporarily; it does not do away with it. <br /><br />What is more useful for the world at large and for each individual who is growing is to bear witness to pain with a sense of compassion - with a heart that is larger than the pain itself. By bearing witness with a sense of compassion, by making oneself 'an instrument of peace' to use the expression of Saint Francis - "Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace," the pain can be held within the context of an overriding purpose to help. Even a small amount of bearing witness without becoming numb is often a greater help than one ever knows.<br /><br />"Make me an instrument of Thy peace and love" opens the heart, allows healing to begin, and sends love into the world. In the presence of conflict, suffering, and pain, it creates the full intentionality to bring healing love to all who suffer or are afraid, including oneself. <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-81107160301363070662009-10-12T00:32:00.003-04:002009-10-12T00:41:41.530-04:00Relationships: Love and TruthThe balance needs to be found in relationships between love and truth. All relationships are based on the dimension of depth, and real intimacy, love, or sharing with others cannot take place unless a high degree of truth is part of the relationship.<br /> <br />If you are afraid to be truthful because it will hurt another or cause greater separation, then consider this: that the absence of truth is already creating a separation and limiting what another can share with you and you with them. Souls help each other by encouraging each other to be more real. This is the meaning of "when you set yourself free, you set others free as well." It is why souls come together in the highest sense - to help each other into greater wholeness. <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-42409501851073038912009-10-08T12:31:00.005-04:002015-06-07T14:40:06.846-04:00Relationships as Energy<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7r1Jyr-pdo/VXSPyc_V2NI/AAAAAAAAF-U/X9qrtcuW_aE/s1600/iStock_000003152015XSmall-Sunrise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y7r1Jyr-pdo/VXSPyc_V2NI/AAAAAAAAF-U/X9qrtcuW_aE/s320/iStock_000003152015XSmall-Sunrise.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The effect of increased spiritual light on people's bodies, whether they are conscious of it or not, is that the body becomes less solid and dense and more light-filled. As a consequence, human beings become more sensitive to the energies passing through them from their own unconscious mind, as well as energies passing through them from others.<br /><br />This is a new phenomenon, one that has not been part of human experience before in a widespread way. And so most people do not know what to do with these energetic perceptions or even that they are having them. Since conscious awareness does not mediate responsiveness in many cases, it becomes more likely that individuals will react unconsciously to either the light in another or to the darkness in another, depending upon what they feel and resonate with at a given moment in time.<br /><br />If you have been feeling certain people becoming more reactive to you in recent times, it may be because they are becoming more energetically sensitive (on the level of the body) without being more energetically <span style="font-style: italic;">aware</span>. Light can join with light in another, but darkness can also react to light's presence with discomfort, projection, or rejection. Darkness can join with darkness in another even when that other is being amiable and not exhibiting it outwardly. This is because the ENERGY within, not the PERSON, is joining with what it perceives inside.<br /><br />This is a time which calls for greater awareness, greater patience, and greater trust, that these energetic reactions are all part of the process of healing and that all is in motion toward that end. In relation to others who may be less conscious of being in or needing to be in a healing process, patience and forgiveness are needed since the process is happening whether one is aware of it or not.<br /><br />Try, therefore, not to take things personally when others are reactive to you in ways that may be uncomfortable or different from how they have been in the past. Love is the best and primary healing force in all difficult situations, and it only takes <span style="font-style: italic;">one </span>to love, not two. With this in mind, all relationships can be moved along further in the direction of wholeness and healing. May all be blessed in the light of a new day. JR<br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-87147469732990688262009-09-23T20:34:00.007-04:002015-06-07T12:01:58.106-04:00Honoring Relationships<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JjBdWQqligM/VXRq1COxB_I/AAAAAAAAF8Y/5Tjp9wiTpGo/s1600/Namaste-479969165_4e7b170d6f_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JjBdWQqligM/VXRq1COxB_I/AAAAAAAAF8Y/5Tjp9wiTpGo/s400/Namaste-479969165_4e7b170d6f_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><center>&nbsp;</center><center>&nbsp;Namaste - I bow to the Divine Self within You</center><br /><br />To be present in relationships is to honor them - to carry them with us where we go and to not neglect them as we would not neglect a child of our own, or a person who asked for our help, or the needs of our own bodies when they require restoration to health.<br /><br />Relationships need watering. They are the beautiful expression of love manifesting between souls, often with the purpose of mutual healing and growth. To be faithful to love is to be faithful to relationships - to see that they are not subordinated to other things in life because we do not have the time or energy to take care of them.<br /><br />If we do not have the energy or time to take care of that which we love, what do we have time for? <br /><br />Time, in any case, is not the most important thing that relationships need, even though it may appear so. <span style="font-style: italic;">Consciousness </span>is what is needed. Presentness is needed. A person can be apart from us for a very long period of time and we can feel very close to them because the moments of communication are intimate and true. And others can be around us on a daily basis and we can ignore them and not give them the best of ourselves or the caring that is needed.<br /><br />As we grow in spiritual awareness, we must grow also in accountability to life, to love, and to relationships - for all of life is a relationship with every living thing, all of the time, for every living thing is part of God.<br /><br /><br /><center>Photo: Claude Renault - <a href="http://mesimagesdinde.blogspot.com/2009/01/namaste-tiruvanamalai-tamil-nadu.html">Namaste</a> - Tamil Nadu</center><br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-54025198921555561202009-09-20T12:10:00.004-04:002009-09-20T12:29:54.129-04:00HouseThere is a house I passed by yesterday while driving down a busy road. Its back faced the highway, not more than fifteen feet from the line of cars. Its front was hidden from view except for a rusted trailer top that peeked from behind and a few rubber tires. It isn't possible to know anything about the residents of this house as one drives by, except what the stark gray shingles and the small, square, regulation windows might convey. But behind the house in its hidden private front yard, was life, and I wondered as I drove by - what life is that?<br /><br />This house set my heart to thinking about its residents, and, by extension, of souls in general who present a face to the world and retain a private world that no one else sees. I frequently wonder as I pass this house, who lives there? Did they choose to live there because the land was cheap, or perhaps handed down to them from another time? Have they made their peace with the sound of traffic and the exhaust of cars? Do they feel that they are at home in their front yard which no one can see? What is this private world that exists only feet from the road.<br /><br />These questions apply to the world of every soul, for each carries a universe within themselves, each <em>is</em> a universe. Who gets to see this universe in many instances is no one at all. Whether that is a tragic fact or an indifferent one is a matter of individual awareness. Some might not feel that it matters whether they contained an inner universe or not, their attention being directed elsewhere. But there are oh so many souls who are longing to be seen, longing to be met in their interior world.<br /><br />What is true for the house by the side of the road is often true for the human condition at present. We do what we have to do to present the face that we wish to a busy world - sometimes out of fear, sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of the belief that nothing else is possible. And yet what world would we live in if people could view our private yards, those hidden from view the way the front side of this house remained concealed. We can only imagine a world without defenses, of greater truth, of greater visibility, of greater love for the inner being. Fear must be removed before this can be possible, and self-love and respect must take its place.<br /><br />One day, though, allowing oneself to be visible and known will not be as difficult as it is today. For the general tenor of that time will be sharing and the desire to share, rather than the desire or need to conceal out of fear. Then, we shall see the inner world of others, no longer hidden from themselves or behind a facade, but revealed for all to witness and for all to appreciate and be grateful for.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-74431906811103628132009-09-17T16:02:00.008-04:002015-06-07T14:43:10.220-04:00Intellect and Soul<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VR-NLWk9yWY/VXSQqwps41I/AAAAAAAAF-g/RAXry7F3hZw/s1600/bigstockphoto_INSPIRATIONSee_The_Light_1459654_000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VR-NLWk9yWY/VXSQqwps41I/AAAAAAAAF-g/RAXry7F3hZw/s400/bigstockphoto_INSPIRATIONSee_The_Light_1459654_000.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Many people who have been closed are now opening to a deeper sense of life and of themselves. The rational left brain is pondering its own experience and the limitations of that experience and beginning to reach for something else.<br /><br />Often, what slows down this process and makes it more laborious is the way in which the intellect has been used to protect the self from feeling or knowing certain deeper levels of awareness. This protection has worked well in many cases, since with a well-honed intellect one can operate very successfully in the world - at least outwardly.<br /><br />And yet the intellect is not the soul. Beneath the rational mind and the outer success is the awareness that something else is missing. Eventually, over time, a reaching for that something else takes place.<br /><br />Help toward making the shift toward greater feeling, intuition, inspiration, and softeness in general can be had by making efforts in the direction of acknowledging whatever fear may be present toward doing so. <br /><br />Sometimes, the intellect has done such a good job disguising this fear that it is invisible to the conscious self. Nevertheless, the turning of the soul toward a deeper level of truth will produce the beginning changes that need to happen to open up a different level of awareness. The principle of "ask and it shall be given" is true here, for those who desire to know the truth of their deeper nature will find it.<br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-61191849487013068792009-09-14T21:56:00.003-04:002009-09-14T22:21:45.860-04:00Planetary Ascension - CommentsThe response to the new video has been very deep and extensive, and I am involved with the production of the next videos that will follow. If you have not yet viewed "Planetary Ascension," you can do so at Light Omega's <a href="http://youtube.com/lightomega12">YouTube Channel</a>. <br /><br />The creative process can become a 'calling' in which the soul flows outward in order to manifest its deepest essence through expression. Each person has such creative potential within themselves, waiting to be discovered. It is a matter of knowing this and trusting this and asking God to open the doors. Blessings and thank you to those who have shared YouTube comments and responses to "Planetary Ascension." . <br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-71100368249416109762009-09-07T16:25:00.004-04:002009-09-07T17:29:49.470-04:00How to Become More Present in the Present1. Believe: The most important thing in your life is what is happening right now. 'Right now' includes what is inside you as well as what is outside.<br /><br />2. Know: God manifests within human experience most readily when the undertow of past memories, thoughts, feelings, and worries are left behind and an empty space is created. The empty space welcomes the Divine. <br /><br />3. Cultivate simplicity. Being proud to be busy or stressed as a sign of success does not allow for the development of an inner life that flourishes in quiet and in peace.<br /><br />4. Let go of any belief you carry that you are not responsible if you give time to yourself, time to be alone, time to make contact with the Divine. Your responsibilities to Life include bringing your whole self to it. This is not possible without a deep connection with your own being.<br /><br />5. Rest. Find a balance between activity and non-activity. Especially now that increased spiritual light is changing your body in ways that you may not be aware of,<br />rest is needed to reveal the new possiblities that are developing within you.<br /><br />6. Allow love to be more important than it has been. The transformation of an entire planet is taking place around and because of the vibration of love. Let this be your primary focus.<br /><br />7. Express gratitude on a daily basis. Gratitude allows you to interact more deeply with life. You can be grateful for each day, and especially for each interaction with others. Each time you show up, a flower opens in God's heart.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-76034872675328932282009-09-01T07:55:00.003-04:002015-06-07T12:09:13.800-04:00Letting Go of Roles<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTH5D2q9eQI/VXRsl_-rcAI/AAAAAAAAF8k/vjKPmKeqAts/s1600/bigstockphoto_PEACOCK-Peacock_Feather_12588.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QTH5D2q9eQI/VXRsl_-rcAI/AAAAAAAAF8k/vjKPmKeqAts/s400/bigstockphoto_PEACOCK-Peacock_Feather_12588.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Many people are afraid to let go of roles. Roles create a comfort zone of how to respond to situations, people, and expectations. At the same time, they limit the depth of encounter with life and its possibilities.<br /><br />Not being in a role is a choice that can be made by each heart. It is a choice one makes in service to life and love, not out of the personal ego. Such a movement places you in unknown territory where your love and desire to connect, embrace, and support others may be met with indifference or fear. It may be misunderstood and turned away from. <br /><br />Nevertheless, the choice to live beyond roles is a calling of the heart, as deep as any other that God awakens. It only takes <span style="font-style: italic;">one </span>heart to respond to this calling. That heart will seize every opportunity, look for every opening, and experience gratitude for every possibility that steps beyond the limits of the pre-conceived and the stereotyped. <br /><br />Led by love, this heart will make a deliberate choice to remain open when others are closed, and to remain fearless when others are fearful. It will do this not out of a desire to break down defenses, but out of a desire to uphold, to liberate, and to bring the joy of self-expression and true being to others. <br /><br />At a certain point in time, the choice to step beyond roles is not even a choice but an inevitability. For the flow of life that is God engages the heart, body, and soul to such a degree that something less than complete presence and complete availability to love's purposes is no longer possible. Then, only love remains, and the myriad ways in which it can come into being.<br /><br /><br /><center>You may find of interest the video inspired by this post.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91h67fmAaNE">Becomimng a Beloved - Letting Go of Roles</a></center><br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-90299033477325742702009-08-29T08:14:00.004-04:002015-06-07T12:11:23.373-04:00Currents of Life<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RagcfbRS-co/VXRtHFYplWI/AAAAAAAAF8s/WcdsYztHSbc/s1600/bigstockphoto_Rainbow_Sunburst_Pyramid_3992847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RagcfbRS-co/VXRtHFYplWI/AAAAAAAAF8s/WcdsYztHSbc/s320/bigstockphoto_Rainbow_Sunburst_Pyramid_3992847.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Seeing with new eyes, it is possible to see and feel currents of Divine life moving through the ordinary.<br /><br />This is especially true in relation to other souls, where the unique expression of the higher being is more often peeking through the ordinary and conventional layer of expression.<br /><br />As a witness to this, it is possible to aid, enhance, support, and love that greater expression, often both concealed and revealed behind the content of ordinary words. It can be known by the feeling it stirs in your heart.<br /><br />Be on the lookout for currents of life moving. If you hold as part of your work the support of all beings, everywhere, then you will notice, more and more, what you can do to help.<br /><br />Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5364019515800876512.post-33528338072018252732009-08-26T21:55:00.004-04:002009-08-26T22:09:25.027-04:00The Revelation of TruthGod speaks in a whisper to our open <br />hearts and minds,<br />making known the truth of the soul.<br />We learn about ourselves in this way and <br />also about others.<br /><br />Intuitions of truth fall like rain into<br />a silent space.<br />And even if the mind is not silent,<br />the message of the Divine can find its way<br />between the words of whatever thoughts are<br />taking place.<br /><br />This phenomenon of inner communication <br />is an intimate encounter with the Beloved,<br />bringing us toward what we are meant to hear,<br />or know, or be.<br /><br />In trust, the gentle message falls into an<br />accepting space. There, it blossoms and grows,<br />nurturing new life both for ourselves<br />and for the world.<br><br>Julie Redstonenoreply@blogger.com1